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With U.S. climate drama behind them, can the Arctic Council turn the page in Reykjavik?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 17:24
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The foreign ministers of all eight Arctic countries are gathering in Reykjavik for the Arctic Council ministerial on May 20,

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Yukon Quest sled dog race cancelled in Canada this winter

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 4, 2020 at 16:28
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There will be no Yukon Quest international sled dog race in Yukon this winter, organizers announced on Wednesday. In a

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What kind of spending is expected in Alaska’s construction industry this year?

Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 10:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 10:16
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Construction industry spending in Alaska is projected to increase by 10% this year compared to 2018. If the forecast holds

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Alaska’s Brent Sass wins Yukon Quest sled dog race

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 10:50
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Alaskan musher Brent Sass has claimed victory in the Yukon Quest, four years after he last won the grueling, 1,600-kilometre

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Alaska shelter helps homeless promptly find work, home and stability

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 14:34
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When Linda Baker moved from Minto to Fairbanks (central Alaska) a few months ago, she didn’t expect to end up

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Alaskans greet North Korean missile test with a shrug not a shriek

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 14:51
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The news on Tuesday of a successful intercontinental ballistic missile test by North Korea has world leaders calling for restraint.

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Trump administration sought last-minute changes to soften Arctic Council climate-change commitment

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 29, 2017 at 14:12 — Last Updated: Monday, May 29, 2017 at 14:21
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When foreign ministers from all eight Arctic nations signed a declaration this month committing their countries to fighting climate change,

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Establishment of Álgu Fund marks new beginning in Arctic Council, indigenous peoples say

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2017 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Monday, May 15, 2017 at 16:06
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The financial instrument is to help indigenous groups raise resources for involvement in decision-making and participation in the Arctic Council.

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Russia’s foreign minister visits Lend-Lease Monument in Fairbanks

Jeannette Lee Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 12, 2017 at 15:06 — Last Updated: Friday, May 12, 2017 at 15:15
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FAIRBANKS — Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, visited a monument to cooperation between the United States and the former Soviet Union

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Arctic Council 2017 – How to watch & who to follow

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2017 at 01:25
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The United States turns over the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Finland this week in Fairbanks, Alaska. Over

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Iditarod sled dog race teams head out into Alaska’s big chill

Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News @teganhanlon
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 19:33
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FAIRBANKS — Off to Nome. At 11 a.m. Monday, 71 teams in the 45th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started

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Mushers reach halfway point of Yukon Quest sled dog race

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 18:47
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One of the world’s great Arctic events and races is now at the halfway point in -27 Celsius weather. Mushers

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Increased activity in warming Arctic piques interest of U.S. National Guard leaders

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, February 6, 2017 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Monday, February 6, 2017 at 15:19
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National Guard officials from more than a fourth of the states say they’re so interested in the future of the Arctic

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Arctic remains refuge of friendly US-Russia relations

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, March 28, 2016 at 07:09
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In 1987, in the glow of glasnost, then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev detailed his vision of an Arctic that would be a

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Ice-Blog: Arctic future – not so permafrost

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 14:57 — Last Updated: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 15:02
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“A glance into the future of the Arctic” was the title of a press release I received from theAlfred Wegener

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